ASIA - Primary Consumer Sentiment Index - July 2018

Australia

The Australia Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for July,2018 is down 0.7 percentage points over last month.
The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is down 1.5 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 2 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 0.1 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 0.2 percentage points over last month.

China

The China Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for July,2018 is down 0.2 percentage points over last month.
The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is up 3.6 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 1.1 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 1.6 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 1.2 percentage points over last month.

India

The India Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for July,2018 is up 2.3 percentage points over last month.
The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is up 3.6 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is up 2.6 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is up 1.6 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is up 0.7 percentage points over last month.

Japan

The Japan Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for July,2018 is down 4.4 percentage points over last month.
The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is down 4.5 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 4.6 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 5.8 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 5.3 percentage points over last month.

South Korea

The South Korea Primary Consumer Sentiment (“Consumer Confidence”) Index (“PCSI”) as measured by the Thomson Reuters/Ipsos PCSI for July,2018 is down 3.7 percentage points over last month.
The monthly PCSI result is driven by the aggregation of the four, weighted, sub-Indices:  the PCSI Employment Confidence (“Jobs”) Sub- Index which is down 2.5 points; the PCSI Economic Expectations (“Expectations”) Sub-Index which is down 5.8 points; the PCSI Investment Climate (“Investment”) Sub-Index which is down 4.2 points; and the PCSI Current Personal Financial Conditions (“Current Conditions”) Sub-Index which is down 3.1 percentage points over last month.